As people.kkow the service I get from where I live have gone from been ran commercially by gne to being paid for by dcc. A few things have made me scratch my head and something else happens on saturday too so I'm looking for answer to the following....

I've asked before but dont think anyone replied.... do gne secured service keep the money from fares or does this go.to nexus/dcc?

The reason I ask is 2 reasons. I've been on the 29 on a couple of occasion when punters have got on paying cash but got off without getting a ticket. Now this could just be they want a direct bus to town in the 21 but online occasion I heard the driver sayit would be cheaper on the 21? This isnt the case from low fell is it??

The second thing is something I've seen on a couple of occasions which is the 29 showing its destination as gateshead. It passed bus stops full of punter along the fellnon saturday and I would say this is the reason. When he did stop and was asked by customers about it he said it was broken but wouldnt this mean the bus would have to got out of service?

What I'm saying is along the low fell corridor are gne want punters to use the 21 so they get the $$$$$ as the get paid a set amount for 28b29 no matter what it picks up???

An mo I've bot had any beer today yet!

Service 20 towards Langley Park is showing a few via points ( Houghton, The Raintons , Durham, Arnison Centre) yet on returning from Langley it just shows Sunderland via the Raintons & Houghton, no mention of Durham etc

Where do you access  the gallery of photos now. I lost the link

Arriva have recently named several buses across the UK after players from the England women's football team.

In the North East there are three... not certain on what vehicles carry these names though?

• Beth Meade - Whitby
  
• Jill Scott - Durham
  
• Lucy Bronze - Ashington
  

I've just noticed that there's a daily 2208 X15 ex Newcastle to Morpeth on Mondays to Fridays. Is that in place to cover extra late evening demand for things like NUFC matches etc? What is it worked off?

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FYI, it's on bustimes.org

Would it be possible to get a refund from GNE? I got a Q3 in Newcastle to go to Wallsend, but the driver changeover was messed up by management and I ended up getting off at the Law Courts because I didn't have time (only had time if everything went to plan). Perhaps I was expecting too much on the first day, but it ended up being a waste of money. Just a short ride, and videos in Newcastle.

Wanna ask a question I've been wondering. 

On the occasion when a 49/49A leaves Gateshead Interchange. They will turn left out the Interchange instead of turning right and going along Askew Road towards Redheugh Bridge 

Reason the 1 is being mentioned as I was on the 1 leaving Gateshead today and it turned left and missed out Askew Road towards Redheugh. 

I'm wondering why they do this or if any light can be shed on the reason 

Down below is a screenshot of just one of the 1 journeys today that did this odd different route 

Just seen this has been announced this morning that all bus fares in England will be capped at £2 for a single

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-62775639

Should be some large discounts for some passengers, be interesting to see if it ever ends or it's something that just keeps getting extended and extended.

It seems a shame that Blyth depot has had no investment in new buses for just shy of 10 years. These were the 13 plate Volvo hybrid deckers for the 308, which after 5 years disappeared.

It's literally a case of make do with what you've got, which is a mix of high mileage Geminis and Pulsars ranging in age of between 10 - 13 year old.

I was on 6348 today and the USB's weren't working however reporting it to customer services doesn't really do anything I reported some graffiti on the back of the seats it was still their the next day.

So why don't GNE add a feature to the website where you can report an issue with the vehicle you would either need to put the Code in e.g 6335 or the Service and time, then you can report your issue I just feel like this would be a simpler way to report issues when CS is shut